Nothing will stop the Nigeria Air project  – Aviation Minister

Hadi Sirika, The Minister of Aviation, has stated that the Federal Government is going ahead with a national carrier despite the odds s challenging the project.

The minister said that stakeholders of the aviation industry and unions had more than enough time to participate in the process rather, but instead chose to wait till the project reached a substantial point to engage in legal suit to stop the project.

Sirika also added that personally he met with indigenous carriers to participate in the project  Air Peace included, but they turned down the invitation on grounds that that he wasn’t formal in his approach.

Sirika, who spoke during a stakeholders appreciation forum for the reconstruction of the Lagos airport runway 18L,  said he does not see the possibility of any court of competent jurisdiction erecting a road block to the emergence of the national carrier.

“I have been very transparent in the processes put in place to deliver the national carrier. If anyone wants to invest in a company, no one can stop them from investing. You can own a company 100 percent. If anyone wants to invest, why not ? We want foreign direct investment,” Sirika said.

(Punch)